Back in Time: Unshackling From Love

Chapter 17

As Mikayla laughed, tears streamed down her face.

Images from her previous life of being beaten, cursed at, and tortured at the mental hospital flashed before her eyes.

In the flashback, the hefty caretaker had gripped her by the hair, forcefully pulling her away and causing her only bowl of plain soup to spill.

They would even forcefully pinch her mouth when she refused to take her medication, shoving handfuls of pills down her throat.

Mikayla always thought it was the mental hospital deliberately tormenting her to please

Jerome.

Little did she know, the demonic woman from the previous life was Kylie’s relative.

So, all the misery she endured in the mental hospital was orchestrated by Kylie.

Thinking about the abuse she suffered and the torment from stomach cancer, Mikayla wished she could immediately strangle Kylie.

Why did she have to be so cruel?

Jerome, who clearly loved Kylie so much, had even sent Mikayla to the mental hospital for the former’s good.

Why wouldn’t Kylie let her go? Why did she have to harm her?

Jerome looked at Mikayla on the floor.

Although she had suggested keeping the audio call on, he still worried that something might go wrong, so he followed her up.

Unexpectedly, he witnessed Mikayla attacking someone as soon as the elevator doors opened.

She lay slumped amidst a chaotic mess of fruits, her eyes vacant, her body seemingly devoid of strength.

Though her face showed a smile, tears flowed incessantly, as if she had suffered some painful and tragic ordeal, radiating endless hatred and resentment.

Strangely, Jerome’s heart didn’t fill with anger at her madness. Instead, a dull ache

serthed within him:

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considered going to help Mikayla when

from Mikayla’s grip, Jerome instruct ed the woman who was standing there in a daze, “Go

the

sitting down and then walked over to Mikayla.

her arm. “Get up.”

he pulled at her arm, it was as

felt a bit

you come up here to apologize? What’s with this madness again?”

Mikayla heard his voice. Her eyes began to focus, and her body gradually

a sense

planning to be with Kylie after

hoarse, and her tone betrayed no emotion.

tightened further as he

life over

the first aid kit!”

you trying

moment,

Mikayla stand up, but she coldly pushed him

her own, adjusted her clothes, and walked away

Mikayla to find out

out a stifled

responsible for the disturbance, Jerome paused

to a complete stop. “Shall we

her pale face, Kylie shook her

fine? Another inch deeper, and it would have needed stitches!”

stop the bleeding while asking, “Who was that person just now? Why did she come in and attack

a faint smile. “She might have misunderstood me.”

like this, and you’re still defending her. I

brows, Kylie said to the round–faced woman, “Aunt Agatha, please go back for now. If

want to leave, but she could tell it wasn’t appropriate for her to

someone to look after

asked Kylie, “What just happened? Why did Mikayla attack